DELAWARE, OH - Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) announced they have launched a pilot program to provide firearm training to teachers free of charge.

The announcement was made at a Town Hall Meeting at Ohio State University Thursday evening where participants debated the gun control issue in light of the recent mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

Ken Hanson, BFA's Legal Chair, made the announcement, saying, "Teachers and school board members have been asking us for years about training to prepare for an incident like Sandy Hook. So our educational Foundation will sponsor an Armed Teacher Pilot Program for a comprehensive 3-day training class at Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, Ohio. Based on the response to this pilot program, we will roll out classes to other training facilities."

The program will begin by accepting 24 teachers. All expenses, including class tuition, ammunition, and lodging (which are expected to total approximately $1,000 per teacher), will be paid by Buckeye Firearms Foundation and outside donations. Officials will be invited to attend the class at no cost to help develop appropriate training guidelines.

"The long-term goal is to develop a standard Armed Teacher curriculum and make the training available to any teacher or school official," said Hanson. "To begin, we will use funds from our educational foundation and solicit donations from corporations to pay for the pilot program. Going forward, we will seek funding from a variety of sources to expand the program."

BFA's educational foundation is finalizing details of the Armed Teacher Pilot Program and will announce the first class in early January. Interested educators can submit their name for consideration by using the Contact Form at www.BuckeyeFirearms.org. Identities of participants will be kept strictly confidential.

Between having babies, nursing babies, and grad school, the one thing I’ve wanted to do yet have continued to put off is get my CCW. I’m almost the last in my family to do so. I’m also a high school teacher. If Ohio allows teachers to carry I’m in.

Don’t they have armed, plain-clothes `sky marshalls’ on airplanes? Why do liberals force people to put their kids in their lousy schools, then leave them less protected than air travelers?

The problem is not guns, it’s people with mental problems.
And the solution to a bad guy with a gun is ... ? Buehler?
If Ferris were here he would say—A good guy with a gun.
See, the bad guys will always have guns. Even if guns are illegal. We’re all on the same page with this one.

But most lefties will have trouble with this logic, so they will try to take all the good guys’ guns away. Then things get really ... sticky and that’s really unfortunate.
That they’re so stupid, I mean. Most lefties are as dumb as 20 oz. Estwing framing hammers. Talking to a liberal is like trying to carry on a conversation with an Irish Setter.
I’ve got an idea: Let’s ban guys like Chris Matthews. But it hasn’t come to that yet and hopefully it won’t.

Just heard today that my granddaughter’s school now has an armed policeman on duty every day. Local sheriff there said he had deputies on duty who do nothing but paper work all day and they can be paid to do paper work at the school. So the school gave them an office. Now that is what I call solving a problem on the cheap. The school shall remain nameless as will the state in which it sits. That is how much I trust MY government (/s)

“Talking to a liberal is like trying to carry on a conversation with an Irish Setter.”

I agree with most of what you said...HOWEVER, I would much rather talk to any of my 4 dogs than ANY of my IDIOT, lib, UAW, die-hard Democrat, Kucinich/Obama-loving, Cleveland relatives. Trying to reason with them is an exercise in futility.

Tell me about them. I was owned by two. Both females and lucky for us, unusually long lived. Our first, a pick of the litter, lived for exactly 8 years. Our second, a rescue, (we were told she was18 months old) lived almost another 11 years. Fantastic, intelligent companions and protectors.

I'm not a crowd. I rescued a 6 year old, deaf, male, liver and white springer 2 1/2 years ago. Couldn't ask for a more affectionate, devoted, intelligent dog. He lays right on my feet while I'm at the computer. I move, he moves.

This is my first experience with the breed and I'm sure I was blessed.

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